Cancer Rebellion
Hey my name’s Hernan - I was 15 when I went through treatment for Acute Myelogenous Leukemia. Somehow I beat it - but I felt so much was wrong about my experience. Things that could have helped other young people survive were missing.
With hopes that I could improve the cancer experience for others, I started making short films about it. I wanted to show other patients that they are not alone — and to show the world that there are young people fighting cancer all around them. But I knew that in order to do this I would have to hit the road. So I packed up my gear and set out on a trip that would take the next year of my life to complete.
I went to all 50 states, drove 25k miles of road, and collected 28TB of footage. But more important than that - I met 90 great people who I now call my friends. I hope you enjoy their stories as much as I enjoyed this journey.
Below are some of the blog entries I wro Let’s step back and relive some of those miles!
Nathan Newman
My friends and family all call me an Old Soul. And it makes complete sense. When I was just 12 years old I was told that I have ...
Read MorePage Snyder
My name is Page Snyder and I’m 17 years old. I love to play bass and spend time with my friends and family. When I was 3 years old I ...
Read MoreCBS Sunday Morning With Roger Daltrey
Consider the sweep of Roger Daltrey's career: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame front man for The Who, one of the most influential groups ever...
Read MoreTCA Young Advocate Attends Patient Summi...
The 15th Annual Patient Summit USA 2018 was recently hosted at Sonesta Philadelphia Downtown Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia, PA...
Read MoreWhy Preserving Fertility Is Important
Rachell Moodie had been married for just nine months when she got the diagnosis: stage 2 invasive ductal carcinoma, the most ...
Read MoreStudents In NYC Start TCA Club
We are the students involved in the Teen Cancer America club at Trevor Day School, in New York, NY. We made it our mission to collect g...
Read MoreAn Evening With Roger Daltrey
On Tuesday night The Who’s Roger Daltrey, in a 90-minute conversation with director Judd Apatow, discussed Daltrey’s new memoir, T...
Read MoreFinding Friendship In Advocacy
Heading to Organic Chemistry at 9:07am in the morning, half-eaten bagel in one hand and a black cup of coffee in the other, I look like...
Read MoreRaeanna Gutkowski
My is Raeanna. I was diagnosed with Osteosarcoma at age 20 while a Sophomore in college. I went to school to play volleyball, so was un...
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